Re: [armchair] Re: Too many choices

2004-01-08 Thread Ron Baty
of unhappiness. That calls to mind a description, I forget where I read it, of shopping in the old communist Russia as,something to the effect, that consumers have the freedom from having to make choices. Ron Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2004-01-06, Fred Foldvary uttered: He says that as the number of choices

Re: [armchair] Re: spamonomics

2004-01-21 Thread Ron Baty
Aside from the legitimate economic reasons for v!gra spam I would offer that the mark-up on sugar pills marketed as v!agra is quite high. Quality control is a significant problem when buying any drug over the internet, that is what are you actually receiving? The brain is our largest sex organ,

Re: [armchair] libertarian paternalism

2005-01-04 Thread Ron Baty
Lest we forget: The road to hell is paved with good intentions I am uncomfortable with and in fact disagree with much of Thaler's arguments in his article Libertarian Paternalism. However, I will try to limit my response to your question. It seems, to paraphrase, you are asking if it is

helments

2006-09-13 Thread Ron Baty
Interesting result but, at the risk of over thinking the report given we don't have the details, a few questions arise. Was he riding the same time every day such that similar if not mostly the same drivers passed him or was this one long ride, was he able to maintain the same distance from the